Drinking and smoking makes you look older, study claims

A recent study claims that smoking and drinking makes you age faster and you start looking older before time.
The research studied around 11,000 individuals for around 12 years. The age of the subjects ranged from 21 to 93 years. On an average, women consumed around 2.6 drinks a week, whereas the figure for men was 11.4 drinks per week. Smokers made up 57% of female participants and 67% of male participants.
Smoking and heavy drinking induce signs of physical aging and make people appear old. According to the researchers, light to moderate drinking is not associated with premature aging.
The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
It was an observational study, so it does not establish any cause and effect relationship. Stress was not considered in the study, which is linked to heart disease, heavy drinking and smoking.
It can be concluded by saying that it is a first-of-its-kind study, which demonstrated that drinking and smoking are associated with aging; making people look older than their actual age.

Source: drugs.com

Amy J. Smith , Health Blogger & Cosmetologist

An enthusiastic health blogger and licensed cosmetologist, Amy has been running a well-established beauty and skin clinic in her locality plus she has been contributing her bit in health blogging for more than 15 years. While she personally supports natural ways of staying beautiful, she equally emphasizes the modern-day need of cosmetic treatments; considering urban lifestyle and prevailing environmental conditions in today’s world. She writes about contemporary health issues from time to time, aging prevention, anti-aging treatments, skin care, and skin-friendly diets and supplements.